When things fall apart
Subtitle: heart advice for difficult times
By: Pema Chödrön ; [with a new afterword by the author]
Edition: 20th anniversary edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781611803433; 9781611803891
Subjects: Buddhism; Religious life; Spiritual life
Description: Describes a traditional Buddhist approach to suffering and how embracing the painful situation and using communication, negative habits, and painful emotions leads to emotional growth and happiness.
Notes: Afterword to the 20th anniversary edition ©2016.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Intimacy with fear; title: When things fall apart; title: This very moment is the perfect teacher; title: Relax as it is; title: It's never too late; title: Not causing harm; title: Hopelessness and death; title: Eight worldly Dharmas; title: Six kinds of loneliness; title: Curious about existence; title: Nonaggression and the four maras; title: Growing up; title: Widening the circle of compassion; title: The love that will not die; title: Going against the grain; title: Servants of peace; title: Opinions; title: Secret oral instructions; title: Three methods for working with chaos; title: The trick of choicelessness; title: Reversing the wheel of Samsara; title: The path is the goal.